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"spammy" wrote in message
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twice in recent times ive been on a bus thats waited at a particular stop
for up to 5 mins cos they were "ahead of schedule". the first time it was
before the terminating stop, so i dont think it was for the benefit of any
customers who may miss the bus.

is this normal, or is it a new policy? and should passengers accept the
wait? this morning i coulda walked faster to the the station, and would
have
if i knew the driver would delay.

If its ahead of schedule, and the driver says so, get off and walk to the
next stop. With the congestion charge reducing traffic levels, buses can and
do run ahead of schedule and being caught running early leads to being
disciplined. There was probably an inspector recording arrival times at the
terminating stop. Early running can be avoided by waiting. Late running can
be down to a variety of things.